Bottle of the non-refillable class.



No. 69l,|52. Patented Jan. l4, I902.

I s. LOVE.

BOTTLE OF THE NON-REFILLABLE CLASS.

(Application filed Sept. 21, 1901.)

(No Modal.)

rra STATES "s ream rein,

SAMUEL LOVE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY LEE MAYNARD AND THEO- DORE J. \VOOL, OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

BOTTLE OF THE NON-REFILLABLE CLASS.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,152, dated January 14, 1902. Application filed September 21, 1901- Serial No, 76,091- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SAMUEL LOVE, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles of the Non-Refillable Class, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles of the nonrefillable class.

The salient feature of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily applied to and secured within the bottle-neck and shall by its presence prevent the bottle being refilled, although the contents of the bottle may at any time be obtained by pouring the same outof the bottle in the ordinary way.

The invention further aims to construct a device which may be readily applied to and secured within the neck of a bottle, which shall be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, efficientin its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin theclaims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View ofa bottle with my improved device secured within the bottle-neck. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved device, showing the same in position to be inserted in the bottle-neck, the latter shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 4: is a bottom plan view of the device with the vent-tube in section. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the weight for seating the valve. Fig. 6 is alike view of the valve. Fig. 7 is a similar View of a slotted sleeve provided with a flange to assist in preventing the entrance of tools to the bottle, as well as causing the unseating of the valve when the bottle is inverted; and Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the closure disk adapted to be secured to the top of the device.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 denotes the body portion of the bottle, and 2 the bottleneck. Within the bottle-neck is secured myimproved device for preventing the refilling of the bottle; and the said device consists of an upper sleeve 3, which is closed at its top by means of the disk 4, provided with the perforations 5. The disk is further formed with a central perforation, the function of which will be hereinafter described. The lower end of the sleeve 3 is enlarged, as at 6, to form the inwardlyextending annular ridge 7and the outwardlyextending annular shoulder S. The sleeve 3 is formed of any suitable material and has the enlarged portion 6, formed Withacircular groove, in which is secured the upper end of the lower sleeve 9. This sleeve 9 may be constructed of any preferred material and has formed integral with its inner face, approximately centrally thereof, an inwardly-extending annular flange 10, and is further provided at its bottom with an inwardly-extending annular flange 11, which forms a valveseat. Depending downwardly from the bottom of the lower sleeve 9 is a pair of springactuated fastening-arms 12, each provided with a slot 13 and having its lower end enlarged, as at 14. The enlarged lower ends 14 of the fastening-arms 12 have each the inner face thereof formed with agroove 16 and the outer face with the lug 17.

The reference-numeral 18 denotes a venttube which extends centrally through the bottle-neok and depends into the body portion and carries on its lower end a valve-casing 10, provided with an outlet 20 and a stop 21 and in which operates the globular valve 22. The lower end of the vent-tube 18 communicates with the casing 19. The upper end of the vent-tube extends through and above the disk 4. If desirable, the vent tube may be made of two sections. Mounted upon the vent-tube above the flange 10 is a stop-disk 23, and loosely mounted upon the vent-tube below the disk 23 [is a weight 24 and a valve 25, the latter being normally in engagement with the valve-seat 11 and retained thereon by means of the weight 24. Mounted upon the vent-tube 18, below the valve-seat 11, is a sliding slotted tube 26, provided with an annular flange 27. The downward movement of this tube 26 is arrested by means of a disk 28, carried by the vent-tube.

The reference-numeral 29 denotes an operating-bar for the fasteningarms' 12. This bar is secured to the vent-tube below the sleeve 26 and has its sides formed at an inclination. The bar 29 is adapted to extend into the slots 13 of the fastening-arms before they are extended in their securing position, and the said bar, when the arms are in their securing position, is adapted to be seated in the recess 16, formed in the enlarged portion at the lower end of each of the arms.

The reference-numeral 30denotesaclosuredisk which is mounted upon the disk 4 and is provided with the outlet-openings 31,adapted to communicate withthe openings 5 in the disk 4. The disk 30 is formed with a centrally-arranged opening, in which extends the upper end of the vent-tube 18.

The reference-numeral 32 denotes a removable cap for the top of the bottle when not pouring the contents therefrom.

The reference-numeral 33 denotes a hollow stopper formed of cork or other elastic material,which is mounted around the upper sleeve 3 and has its lower end in engagement with the shoulder 8. This forms a seal between the upper sleeve 3 and the inner face of the bottle-neck and further assists in retaining falling off when the bottle is in an upright position.

The enlarged portion 7 assists in preventing the entrance of any tool or appliance to elevate the valve, so that liquids can be entered into the bottle. The flange 10, as well as the stop 23, also prevents theentrance of any tool or appliance. The same may be said of the valve-seat 11 and stop 27; These also prevent the tool or appliance from engaging with the bar 29 to elevate the same, so that the fastening-arms can be loosened and the device removed from the bottle-neck.

The device is set up in the following manner: Assuming that it is in position as shown in Fig. 2, it will be observed that the venttube 18 extends above the same and that the fastening-arms 12 are in their contracted position. The device, as shown in Fig. 2, is inserted in the bottle-neck. The stopper 33 being formed substantially wedge shaped arrests the downward movementof the device and prevents the same from entering the body portion of the bottle. When the device is inserted within the bottle-neck until the stopper 33 isjust a little below the top edge of the neck,the vent-tube is forced downwardly, carryin g the operating-bar 29 therewith, and the latter, riding in the groove 16 of the enlarged portion 17 of the fastening-arms, will expand the latter until they come into contact with the inner face of the bottle-neck, securly retaining the device within the neck. The upper end of the vent-tube is then secured to the disk 30 by soldering it thereto or otherwise, and the bottle is then in condition for use. It will be evident that the disk 30 is secured to the sleeve 3 in such a manner that it cannot be disengaged therefrom without injury to the various parts of the device. The bar 29 not only is adapted to operate the fastening-arms 12, but, in connection with the centrally-arranged aperture or opening of the disk at, retains the vent-tube centrally of the bottle-neck. The flange l0 and the flange 11,

forming the flange-seat, are of such width as to form suitable outlet-passages for the liquid when it is desired to discharge the same from the bottle through the device. It will be evident that when the device is secured in position as above set forth, and which is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the Valve 25,which is substantially in the form of a truncated cone,'will engage the seat 11 and be retained thereon by means of the weight 24 bearing against the valve, although when the bottle is inverted to discharge the liquid therefrom the sleeve 26 will slide against the valve 25 and with the assistance of the liquid dislodge the valve, so that the contents of the bottle can be discharged therefrom. The disk 23 will arrest the outward movement of the weight 24, which in its turn will arrest the movement of the valve 25. Thelatter in turn will arrest the movement of the sleeve 26. It will be evident that when the bottle is brought to an upright position the weight 24 will cause the valve to engage the seat 11. It will also be evident that when an attempt is made to force liquid into the bottle the valve 25,which is a buoyant one, will be carried with the liquid against the seat and close the outlet formed by the flange 11, and the pressure of the liquid as it enters the bottle will retain the valve in its closed position.

It is thought the many advantages of my improved device, which is readily applied to bottles for preventing the refilling of the same, can be fully understood from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and it will also be noted that minor changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the neck of a bottle, of a valve, means for supporting said valve inthe bottle-neck, a vent-tube, means carried by the supporting means and adapted when operated to secure the said supporting means in the bottle-neck, and means carried by the vent-tube and adapted to engage with and operate the said securing means for the purpose described.

2. In combination with a bottle-neck, of a sleeve mounted therein and provided with a valve-seat, a valve engaging the said seat, a weight for normally retaining said valve against the said seat, means carried by the sleeve for securing the latter within the bottie-neck, a vent-tube extending into the bottle, and means carried by the vent-tube and engaging the securing means for impinging the same against the bottle-neck to secure the sleeve within the bottle.

3. In combination with a bottle-neck, of an upper and lower sleeve suitably connected together and mounted therein, a valve-seat connected with the lower sleeve, a valve engaging the said seat, a weight engaging the valve for normallyretaining the same against the said seat, a vent-tube extending through the said sleeves, weight and valve, and means carried by the vent-tube and engaging with the lower sleeve for securing it within the bottle-neck.

4. In combination with the neck of a bottle,

of means mounted therein to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, a pair of fastening-arms depending from said means and adapted when operated to secure said means within the bottle-neck,a vent-tube,and means carried by the vent-tube and adapted to engage with and operate said arms for the purpose set forth. 5. In combination with a bottle-neck, of means mounted therein to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, a pair of fastening-arms depending from said means, a vent-tube extending through the said means, and a bar carried by the vent-tube and engaging said fasteningarms for impinging them against the bottleneck to secure the said means therein.

6. In combination with a bottle-neck, of means mounted therein to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, a pair of fastening-arms depending from said means, a vent-tube extending through the said means, a valve-casing connected to the lower end of the vent-tube communicating therewith and provided with an opening communicating with the body portion of the bottle, a valve mounted in the said casing, and a bar carried by the vent-tube and engaging in said arms to impinge them against the bottle-neck for securing said means therein.

7. In combination witha bottle-neck, of an upper and lower sleeve mounted therein and suitably connected together, a sealing means surrounding said upper sleeve, a disk integral with the upper sleeve and provided with openings, a closure-disk secured to said upper sleeve and provided with openings comm u nicating with the openings of the disk, a pair of fasteningarms depending from the lower sleeve,avalve-seat carried by the lowersleeve, a valve mounted in the lower sleeve, a Weight engaging the valve for retaining it against the valve-seat, a vent-tube extending through the said sleeve, and means carried by the vent-tube and engaging the fastening-arms for impinging them against the bottle-neck thereby securing the said sleeves to prevent their removal.

8. In combination with a bottle-neck, of a sleeve mounted therein and provided with a valve to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, a pair of fastening-arms depending from the said sleeve, a vent-tube, and means carried by the vent-tube and engaging the fastening-arms for impinging them against the botile-neck to prevent the removal of the said sleeve.

9. In combination with a bottle-neck, of asleeve, means carried thereby and impinging against the bottle-neck for retaining said sleeve therein, a vent-tube, means carried thereby for operating the said impinging means, a valve-seat carried by the sleeve, a valve mounted upon the vent-tube, and a weight mounted upon the vent-tube and engaging the valve for retaining it against the seat, substantially as herein shown and described.

10. In combination with a bottle-neck, of an upper sleeve provided with an enlarged lower portion forming an inwardly-extending annular ridge and an outwardly-extending annular shoulder, a sealing means surrounding said sleeve and engaging said shoulder, suitable closure means for the said sleeve, a lower sleeve connected to the enlarged portion of the upper sleeve, an inwardly-extending annular flange suitably secured to the inner face of said lower sleeve, a valve-seat suitably secured to the lower end of said lower sleeve, means carried by the lower sleeve for securing it within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube extending through said sleeves, means carried by the vent-tube for operating said securing means carried by the lower sleeve, a valve mounted upon said vent-tube and adapt ed to normally engage the said seat, and a weight carried by the vent-tube and abutting against said valve for keeping it in engagement with the said seat.

11. In combination with a bottle-neck, of means mounted therein to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, a pair of fastening-arms carried by said means for securing it within the bottle-neck, and a venttube engaging with said arms for causing them to impinge against the bottle-neck and securing said means therein.

12. In combination with the neck of a bottle, of means mounted therein to prevent the entrance of a substance to the bottle, fastening-arms carried by said means for securing it within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube, and a bar carried thereby and engaging the said arms for impinging them against the bottleneck, thereby securing the said means within the bottle.

13. In combination with the neck of a bottle, of a valve, means for supporting the valve I within the bottle-neck, a weight engaging the Valve for normally retaining it in closed position, means carried by the supporting means and adapted when operated to secure the said supporting means within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube extending through the said valve, weight and supporting means, and a bar carried by the vent-tube and engagingwith and adapted to operate said securing means for the purpose described.

14. In combination with the neck of a bottle, of a valve, a weight for normally retaining said valve in a closed position, means for supporting said valve within the bottle-neck, means connected with the supporting means and adapted when operated to secure the said supporting means within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube, a bar carried thereby and engaging with and operating said securing means for the purpose set forth, means carried by the vent-tube for arresting the movement of said weight and valve, and means carried by the vent-tube to assist in opening the said valve.

15. In combination with the neck of a bottle, of a valve, means for supporting the valve within the bottle-neck, means carried by the supporting means and adapted when operated to secure the said suppdrting means within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube, a bar carried by the vent-tube and adapted to engage and Operate said securing means for the purpose described, a slotted tube engaging said valve for opening the same, means for retaining the valve normally in closed position, and means carried by the tube for arresting the move-. ment of the valve.

16. In combination with the neck of a bottle, of a valve, a weight for normally keeping the said valve in a closed position, means for supporting said valve and weight within the bottle-neck, a pair of depending arms carried by the said supporting means and adapted when operated to secure the said supporting means within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube, a bar carried thereby and adapted to engage in the said arms for operating them for the purpose described, means carried by the venttube for arresting the movement of said valve and weight, and a valve suitably carried by the lower end of the vent-tube.

17. In combination with the neck of a bottle, ofa valve, means for supporting said valve in the bottle-neck, a pair of arms depending from said means, a vent-tube extending in the bottle-neck, and a bar carried by the vent-tube and engaging with the said arms for retaining the supporting means within the bottle-neck.

18. In combination with the neck of a bottle, ofa valve, means for supporting said valve in the bottle-neck, means depending from said supporting means for securing it within the bottle-neck, a vent-tube, and means carried by the vent-tube and adapted to engage the said depending means to cause it to impinge against the neck of the bottle for securing the said supporting means therein.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL LOVE. Witnesses:

JAMES L. NORRIS, GEO. W. REA. 

